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There's a number of DRM-related updates today in the open-source Linux graphics world. First of all, libdrm 2.4.33 was released today (announcement). What makes this DRM library update noteworthy is that it integrates OMAP support and adds Trinity surface support on the Radeon DRM side. AMD published the open-source Trinity code (alongside the Radeon HD 7000 series DRM code) last week. The enablement code for the upcoming AMD Fusion "Trinity" APUs wasn't too bad -- compared to GCN / Southern Islands -- since it's based upon an existing GPU, but the support is available. The R600 Mesa Gallium3D driver was also updated to handle AMD Trinity.

ownCloud Inc., which develops open-source software for building cloud infrastructure, has existed as a commercial entity for only a few short months. But a partner program is emerging now, and competition with DropBox and iCloud could emerge. Here are details.

This is the year that everything changes, forever. Ironically, the devices that helped stagnate to web are the same ones that are going to change it, completely.

Windows might be on the rise in the world of embedded systems, but if IDC's prognostications are right, then Windows is about to get its kernel handed to it with the rise of Android on what the market researcher dubs "smart connected devices." By IDC's reckoning, makers of PCs, tablets, and smartphones shipped some 916 million units of machinery in 2012, raking in an astounding $489bn in moolah.

With the official release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" being less than one month away, the feature freeze having long passed, and the kernel freeze being imminent, it's time for the usual biannual Ubuntu Linux benchmarking festivities at Phoronix. In the coming days and weeks there will be numerous articles looking at the performance of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS when it comes to its desktop/workstation performance, boot performance, power consumption, and all sorts of other figures to judge the performance of Ubuntu's Precise Pangolin release. One area from the testing thus far that has stood out has been the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS performance on older PC hardware, but unfortunately it's not standing out for a good reason.

Ultimate Edition 3.2 was built off Ubuntu 11.10 'Oneiric Ocelot'. All updates fully upgraded, old kernels purged, new initrd and vmlinuz rebuilt. Ultimate Edition 3.2 is unlike any Linux distro I have seen. Ultimate Edition 3.2 has GNOME 3, GNOME Classic, GNOME fallback, Unity, Unity 2D, and XMBC selectable via login screen. A crisp new GTK+ 3 theme and a comprehensive software list. Ultimate Edition 3.2 gives you the freedom of choice in the realm of operating environments and the opportunity to check out new and upcoming technologies. I hope you appreciate the hard work involved in this release. I highly suggest the Ultimate Edition 3.2 specific release info above; getting environments to co-operate is no easy task.

This is an interview with Jeffrey D. Long, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa (USA) and author of the book “Longitudinal Data Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences Using R“. Dr. Long answers questions about his book and how he uses R in his work in behavioral sciences.

GNOME 3.4 was released today. Like any software update, it comes with a lot of new features and expected bug fixes, but will they be enough to make you a fan?

Most students today have a TI83/84 model so being able to have an emulator for one of these on my laptop is essential. The following is how I went about getting a TI-83 emulator setup on my Linux machine:

"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it is the light of the oncoming train" ~ Robert Lowell. Oh yes, another good quote. This post is on SSH tunneling, or as I like to call it 'Poor Man's VPN'. Contrary to the sysadmin's popular belief, SSH tunneling actually can be very valuable use for both techies and home users. I say contrary to popular belief because 'reverse tunneling' and tunneling http traffic through SSH can bypass firewalls and content filters. But this article isn't about how to violate your corporate internet use policy, it's about how to create SSH tunnels to make your life just a little bit easier.

GNOME has released the second major update to GNOME 3, GNOME 3.4. Updates include integrated document searching, better web browsing, and better graphics tablet support...

Hey there! Good news! Trial racing game Snuggle Truck has been added to the Humble Bundle for Android 2!!!

Today Red Hat will officially become the first pure play Open Source and Linux vendor to top $1 Billion in revenues.

WOW.

In what seems like an eternity, the group over at Yorba.org unleashed Shotwell version 0.12.0 today after a period of stagnation that could only be exceeded by F-Spot or Duke Nukem Forever. The software package did not gain a lot of features, though seems to have been released just in time for Gnome 3.4. From Yorba.org: Shotwell 0.12 is here! Major new features include:

The fourth episode of Linux in the Shell has been released exploring the cut command.

With this community, we are asking Valve to release Steam for Linux finally. But what about Valve itself? What do they think about the Steam client for the Linux desktop? For several years now there has been much speculation about Steam for Linux...

The new wallpapers for the up-coming Ubuntu 12.04 LTS has been uploaded by Canonical’s Design Team. The wallpapers are not yet officially uploaded in the current development release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, but we have the originals and there are 16 new beautiful photos.

Red Hat is getting set to take the wraps off the source code for OpenShift. The company announced today that it will release the OpenShift code at the Open Cloud Conference to take place in Sunnyvale, Calif., from April 30 through May 3. At the conference Red Hat will provide the code for its Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering, and showing developers how to get it up and running on top of OpenStack.

Linux Games are going main stream now. Wasteland 2 follows the greatly successful 1988 version of the role playing game, by the same name. Wasteland follows the success of Double Fine Adventure developed by game producer of Brian Fargo of InXile Entertainment.

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